Florida Frontiers TV – Episode 48 – Mary McLeod Bethune Goes to Washington
Episode Date
1-12-2022
Episode Summary
Mary McLeod Bethune was a larger-than-life educator and activist whose legacy is now remembered with an eleven-foot tall, 6,000-pound statue carved by Nilda Comas. She used the last piece of statuary marble taken from the same Italian quarry used by Renaissance artist Michelangelo. The statue will represent Florida in the US Capitol building.
Keywords
Florida Frontiers Television; African American; Bethune
Series Title
Florida Frontiers Television
Episode Title
Florida Frontiers TV – Episode 48 – Mary McLeod Bethune Goes to Washington
Episode Number
48
Duration
26:46
Sponsors
Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
http://dos.myflorida.com/cultural/
This project is sponsored in part by The Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
Jessie Ball Dupont Fund website
This project is sponsored in part by The Historic Rossetter House Museum.
Rossetter House Musuem - Foundation and history
STARS Citation
Brotemarkle, Dr, Ben and Society, Florida Historical, "Florida Frontiers TV – Episode 48 – Mary McLeod Bethune Goes to Washington" (2022). Florida Frontiers Television. 53.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/florida-frontiers-television/53
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